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State of the UnionGOP Response-20140129-04:30:00

a republican, not an obama supporter. and shelly, you talked about growing up on a farm in iowa, that you grew up, your mom is a single mom. you don't believe in entitlements and don't believe people should be given a helping hand in that way. was there something that resonated with the president? because that was a low mark for you and many other republicans? >> it's not that i don't think people should be given anything. but people should be willing to take but give back. so if you are going to give something, you should work for it and give back to your community or to the nation in a way that you can. >> a lot of people looked at the obamacare and said that's not the way. >> it may not be the way, but right now we need to try to work with it and see if any part of it can work and maybe what isn't working, we need to revise it and make some changes. >> i want to go to jody. you were one of the people that i spoke with earlier today who said you had a real problem with

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State of the UnionGOP Response-20140129-08:31:00

and make some changes. >> i want to go to jody. you were one of the people that i spoke with earlier today who said you had a real problem with trusting the president, that you didn't think he was honest. did you hear anything that changed your mind? they don't give a lot of specific answers, and so i really wasn't sat feed, no. >> craig, i want to go to you. you're an independent. you're 25 years old, one of the youngest people here on the panel. what did you think? >> i heard the president talk a lot about the deficit and i'm glad that congress is ready to pass a budget. but i still didn't hear enough how they're going to raise revenue. i didn't hear anything about corporations paying more taxes. >> craig, jody, thank you. wolf, these are iowans, so

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State of the UnionGOP Response-20140129-04:31:00

trusting the president, that you didn't think he was honest. did you hear anything that changed your mind? >> not particularly. [ inaudible ] they don't give a lot of specific answers, and so i really wasn't sat feed, no. >> craig, i want to go to you. you're an independent. you're 25 years old, one of the youngest people here on the panel. what did you think? >> i heard the president talk a lot about the deficit and i'm glad that congress is ready to pass a budget. but i still didn't hear enough how they're going to raise revenue. i didn't hear anything about corporations paying more taxes. >> craig, jody, thank you. wolf, these are iowans, so they're very excited. they would be watching if they were home and not part of this. but they said they want the

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20140108:09:56:00

it's time now it's time now for one more thing. i'm going to kick it off. we've been looking at all of the pictures you sent me. you tweeted me. check these pictures out from jeff, a snowy day at lehigh university in bethlehem, pennsylvania. also, jody sent a street in cold water, ohio. where's the road? that looks really cold. andrea, south louisiana this morning, a frozen fountain. jordan, our fountain may be frozen, but the sun is shining. from sea way, new york, the saint laurence river, completely frozen. keep sending us your picks and we'll retweet them. >> who's next? >> kimberly. >> this might warm you up. yesterday on "jeopardy" listen to one of the clues that alex trebek read.

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CNN Newsroom-20131221-17:49:00

>> reporter: jody is like many seniors. she sees multiple doctors and takes lots and lots of medication. how many prescriptions do we have here? >> one, two, three, four, five, six. >> reporter: last month the 79-year-old got some draw drjaw dropping news. her insurance company, united health care, is cutting four of her six positihysicians includir most trusted doctor, dr. mitch to patients like jody. the cardio metabolic specialist will be dumped from united medicare advantage network january 1st with little explanation. or, as united put it in a letter. >> amending your agreement referenced above to discontinue your participation in the network. this does not require your signature. >> reporter: but the doctor thinks united is trimming because under obama care harder to drop patients.

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CNN Newsroom-20131219-15:27:00

medicare advantage plan, including her most trusted doctor, dr. mitch to patients like jody. the cardio specialist will be unceremoniously dumped from united's medicare advantage network january first with little explanation. or as united put it in a letter -- >> united health care is amending your agreement referenced above to discon your participation in the medicare advantage network. this amendment does not require your signature. >> reporter: but the doctor thinks united is trimming physicians from its network because under obamacare it's harder to drop patients. >> let those high cost patients move out of the united health care medicare advantage plan over to anthem or huma and let those poor suckers so to speak pick up the cost. >> reporter: united's decision left jody and her 94-year-old husband, nick, facing a tough choice. do they stay with united and find new doctors or try to keep

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CNN Newsroom-20131219-15:30:00

majority of his patients who are affected by united's decision followed jody's lead and got a new insurance so they continue seeing doctor mitch. that is really not a surprise here. i talked to another of his patients who told me if you looked at the directory of doctors that patients can go to under united, this year, it's about 25 pages. when you look at what will be offered next year, that booklet is only five pages long. >> you know what's really scary, she is well and has the energy to fix the problem but not all elderly people do. it's like they're preying on the most vulnerable people in our country. >> that's right. what jody told me was she was very fortunate they had a health adviser who dr. mitch helped set them up with to go over all their options. these are spread sheets. they have a number, she is on eight different medications. she needs to find out how many are covered, how many of my six doctors can i bring over to this

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CNN Newsroom-20131219-15:26:00

doctor. a staggering number of older americans are discovering their long-time doctors are being dumped from their insurance plans and that leaves them with some difficult and expensive choices to make. we'll go to our investigations unit, live from washington. tell us more. >> reporter: so, carol, what we're learning is that because obamacare makes it tougher for insurance companies to drop their patients, that instead it appears that now they're dropping the doctors and that's hurting thousands of patients across the country in at least a dozen states. >> i'm decorating and making curtains. >> reporter: jody is like many seniors. she sees multiple doctors and takes lots and lots of medication. how many prescriptions do we have here? >> okay. one, two, three, four -- >> reporter: last month the 79-year-old got jaw-dropping news. her insurance company, united health care, is cutting four of her six physicians from its

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The Situation Room-20131218-22:51:00

>> reporter: but the doctor thinks that united is trimming physicians from its network, because under obamacare, it's harder to drop patients. >> let the high-cost patients move you've had united healthcare over to anthem or humana and let those poor suckers, so to speak, pick up the cost. >> reporter: united's decision let jody and her 94-year-old husband nick facing a tough choice. do they stay with united and find new doctors or try to keep their doctors by finding a new insurance plan. >> dr. mitchkowski has been my doctor for 20 years. no one knows me better, and it's silly not to continue to go with him. >> reporter: so jody went shopping. >> reporter: this was. >> reporter: and the plan she bought is going to cost her much more. >> these will be double. >> reporter: jody and the doctor are not alone. the american medical association says united and other insurers

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The Situation Room-20131218-22:53:00

>> washington can't cut in tax the medicare advantage program this much and not expect seniors in the programs to be harmed. >> reporter: even though jody was able to find a plan that included dr. mitch, she is still going to lose two other doctors. >> we're walking away from people that we've known and trusted, counted on for over ten years, and that's hard. >> now, wolf, the doctor tells me that the vast majority of his patients who are affected by united's decision have followed jody's footsteps and got another insurer so they can continue seeing him. it's no wonner why. another of the doc's patients told me the directory was 25 pages long. next year it's only five. >> is it going to get any better? worse? what do you see down the road? ivities when i talk to insurance officials, they say seniors can expect higher premiums, continue to see this network shrinking and they don't think things will get any better going forward. >> especially seniors get so attached to the doctors they've had for a long time.

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